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Department News

Emergency Medicine Faculty Member Wins Ruth Olive Beall Award

Kendall Stanford, M.D. has been named a 2022 recipient of the Ruth Olive Beall Award, presented to faculty who consistently display the four Arkansas Children’s values of Compassion, Teamwork, Safety and Excellence. Dr. Stanford was nominated by, April Clawson, M.D., who describes Stanford as being helpful, going above and beyond in comforting and reassuring patients, […]

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Department of Pediatrics and ACH Faculty, Fellows, Residents and Interns Make a Splash in New Orleans

The Southern Regional Meeting (SRM) is a combined conference sponsored by the Southern Society of Clinical Investigation and its partner entities — the Southern Society of General Internal Medicine (SSGIM), the Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR) and the Southern region of the American Pediatric Association and jointly presented by the Tulane Univesity Health Sciences […]

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Arkansas Children’s and UAMS Host National Vascular Conference

The American Society for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology’s (ASPHO) Vascular Anomalies Special Interest Group’s annual conference was hosted in Little Rock by the Arkansas Children’s Hem/Onc Division. Physicians from more than 50 medical institutions attended.

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Department Chair Awarded $9.7-Million NIH Grant for Multicenter Study of Antifungal Therapy

Congratulations to the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Bill Steinbach, M.D., for receiving a new NIH R01 award. The seven-year multicenter study, “Short Course Versus Standard Course Antifungal Therapy for Pediatric Candidemia,” is been funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for $9,705,533. This is a multi-PI grant […]

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Jessica Snowden, M.D., Appointed Vice Dean for Research at UAMS College of Medicine

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine appointed Jessica Snowden, M.D., vice dean for research, effective July 1. Snowden joined the DOP in 2018, became the Vice Chair for Research in 2019 and subsequently the Section Chief for Infectious Diseases in 2020. Snowden is a nationally recognized expert in pediatric infectious diseases […]

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ACH and CureDuchenne team up for workshop event

CureDuchenne, a global non-profit organization, hosted an informational workshop at the Little Rock Marriott about improving the lives of people living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Arkansas a Top 10 Destination to Move to according to New Raking

According to the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), Arkansas is among the fastest-growing states in the nation. Key factors include a low cost of living and abundant job opportunities. Read the full report on the AEDC website.

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Poster Presenters

A shout-out to 2022 College of Medicine graduate Dr. Win Lubana and incoming PGY1 Pediatrics resident Dr. Amy Eisenberg, along with Dr. Laura Hobart-Porter, Associate Professor of Developmental Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, on their poster presentation at the recent national meeting of the Academic Association of Physiatrists. Their research was titled “Late effects […]

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Pediatrics Faculty and Fellows Contribute to International Health Project

Clinical informaticians from the departments of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics recently completed a two-year project to develop national electronic health record (EHR) system standards to improve care for pediatric patients.

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Pediatric Pulmonology Fellow Publishes Insights on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

A shout-out to Pediatric Pulmonology fellow Dr. Jordan Fett and the labs of Dr. John Carroll at Arkansas Children’s and Dr. Roy Morello in Physiology and Cell Biology on their new article in Physiological Reports.

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